Travel Blogs from Murmansk

... for the boat to depart at 12:30. We then went and had a look in our room. Ports visited today: Kirkenes, Vardø (Norway's easternmost port), we continue along the Varanger peninsula to Båtsfjord before reaching Berlevåg in the evening. We went down to level 5 for lunch at 1:30. We are in the second seating for both lunch and dinner. It was pretty rough and I was a little worried that I would get sick. There was king crab on the menu today! ...

... expensive here that,like field mice they only eat in times of plenty. Another thing ; often when we are in public places( cafes,buses,in the street,etc.)people come up and speak Norwegian to us ,confidently assuming that we are one of them.This provides a bit of a lift -they are lovely people,the women in particular ,both young and old are so very natural,never thinking to colour their greying hair they carry their good looks ...

... took us on a tour of the local areas that might be of interest at 10 o'clock at night. It would appear that fronting up to the Russian border checkpoint would rate high on the list, so we stood and waved at Mr Putin. Can we just say that Jeanette was an absolute delight for our stay at the Snow Hotel. She was the ultimate guide - knowledgeable, ...

... hot chocolate in the cafeteria I took in two excellent exhibitions of Norwegian art, and a very good exhibition about life in occupied Norway during WWII. The local kindergarten meets at the museum and it was lovely to see mums and toddlers sensibly dressed to enjoy playing in the snow. Skis and walking poles are just normal accessories to your average Norwegian. Jason the bus driver who took me back to ...

We docked at 9 and waited in Kirkenes for our bus at 2pm. The 5 hour bus trip across to Murmansk was interesting as was Murmansk! All the apartments are drab, dark as is the city but once inside our apartment we were pleasantly surprised. We also found a great local restaurant which was cheap and had good ...